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THE SYSTEM
Eliann Carr and Justin Motley / Bonnie Bishop / Will Kimbrough

I drank the kool aid in my cup in service to my nation
I bore the torch of sacrifice for my generation
They break you down and build you up give no congratulations
I always wanted to give more, my gifts they would not take them

They ghosted her when she spoke up and called them on their violence
They kicked her out and met her voice with cold radio silence
Now we’re a problem to them, but we will resist them
Like ghosts in the machine, living through the system

The system is a maze of lies, the system is a monster
That eats your heart and spits it out a piece of cannon fodder
We are not weak we are not beat we will not be victims
We are just two soldiers trying to survive the system

They poisoned and assaulted me they saw me as a problem
And that’s the irony my friends my job was problem solvin’
This limbo where I’m living is not where I want to be
But I’m not giving up long as a part of me is free

It’s hard to keep a fairy tale alive out on a mission
You can’t expect a marriage to survive love on condition
They took away my son still I kept him in my heart

We’re reunited now there’s so many brand new starts
The things we do when we are young before we find our wisdom
And some of us we find ourselves Inside of the system

The system is a maze of lies, the system is a monster
That eats your heart and spits it out a piece of cannon fodder
We are not weak we are not beat we will not be victims
We are still just soldiers caught up in the system

The enemy was never to a different country born
Mine have been the ones in the same uniform
They saw me as just flesh alone, no mind and no heart
They took and they stole until I fell apart

Gone is all the glory, the honor and the pride
Missing are our brothers standing side by side
Left us only wounds that will not soon be healed
Agony and pain is sometimes all that we feel
They use you as a placeholder until you are gone
Eternal disappointment in a dream that went so wrong

The system is a maze of lies, the system is a monster
That eats your heart and spits it out a piece of cannon fodder
We are not weak we are not beat we will not be victims
We’re caught up in this battle it’s a fight against the system
This is not the way we would choose to live
We’re forever patriots with so much more to give
We are not afraid, we have suffered for our wisdom
We live knowing love is stronger than the system

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from SW​​​​​​​:​​​​​​​S March 2023, Boulder Crest, AZ, released April 24, 2023
©2023 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music (ASCAP) / Will Kimbrough Music (BMI) / Plan BB Music (BMI)

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